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So I just picked up a 97 Lexus es 300 as a new delivery vehicle. It's got 190k miles on it. Runs like a dream I fell in love as soon as I got behind the wheel. I'm amazed a car with miles like this can feel so new. So any issues I should keep an eye out for whit h it being at this high of mileage. Also Im trying to figure out some minor things I can replace to increase gas mileage.
Love this auto though it is amazing.
Nice car man welcome to the forums! Deff buff your headlights, they make your car look so much better. I also got clear corners for my white 99. Only 145k here and loving it. Cool thing about my car is the last owner had it repainted so there is no two tone anymore, all white!
If you get some electronic cleaner spray and soak your MAF sensor with it, it will definitely improve your gas mileage, I just did mine a month ago.
Best option for headlights is the new Meguiars Headlight Kit that comes with a clear coat spray. Otherwise the best option is to lightly sand, polish with compound, and properly apply coats of a Clearcoat spray pant that is safe for Plastic such as the Rustoleom for like 3 dollars. Welcome, and let me know if you have any more questions.
Oh the car runs great maybe my expectations are just unrealistic on the mpg. But when I do put my foot in it she goes that's for sure. But I don't really drive hard. I'm checking the plugs today since I finally got the time. But the lot I got her from had full service records leading up until when I got her. So she's been regularly maintained. Thank god. Think the longest service gap was about 25k miles.
Thanks for the tips guys. I went to clean the maf but I wasn't to sure if I should once I pulled it out so I went ahead and disconnected the battery and reset the ECU because of that. Also took your advice and got that headlight cleaning kit. Here's the results
Wow. Cleaning the headlight haze made a world of difference.
Its nearing sale or trade-in time for my 1998 ES300 and I may have to do that. Only 165k miles but its had a hard life, including my completely destroying the paint when I first moved to a cold climate and decided to scrape ice off my roof with the windshield scraper.
Like a champ. Truly not a single engine issue or concern.
I bought it in 2007 with around 75k miles and aside from brakes, I have replaced the air filter once, two batteries, my starter ($35 and 20 minutes of my labor), and the alternator belt ($18 and 30 minutes of my labor). I've never done spark plugs, anything with the transmission (not even a flush), or any sort of big scheduled maintenance. Also had to spend a weekend replacing some stupid $15 A/C part...expansion valve I want to say.
The bad is the destroyed paint (years of Florida sun and then moving north and scraping the roof with a windshield scraper - I'm an idiot), inability to deal with the wind noise from my front doors, and most importantly, I have the electronic adjustable suspension and I DESPERATELY need new shocks and all which gets near $2,000 to replace all 4 corners with adjustable shocks. If I don't use adjustable it will throw a check engine line. Additionally, in later years I got pretty rough with the interior and stopped conditioning the leather so the seats are cracked and quite a panels are a bit sloppy from loads changes to the audio system.
It sucks to be nearing the end with her, but I've had 8 years and 80k+ trouble-free miles. Never a big repair expense and never left me stranded or anything. My next car will absolutely be another Lexus, likely an IS 250 and not another ES due to my need for AWD.
I went way overboard on removing crap to get the expansion valve